Current Affairs Questions PDF: February 2015 (Third Week)

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1) Who was on 20 February 2015 appointed as the Chief of ISRO’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) at Ahmedabad, Gujarat? - Tapan Misra

2) US Senate on 12 February 2015 appointed whom as the new Defense Secretary? - Ashton B Carter

3) 35th National Games concluded in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 14 February 2015. Which team topped the medals tally with 91 Gold? – Services

4) Name the President of Singapore who was on a State visit of India between 8 and 11 February 2015? - Dr. Tony Tan Keng Yam

5) Name the Kerala-based business group which tied-up with World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature-India for its Friends for Life project? - Muthoot Group

6) Who was on 13 February 2015 appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) Limited? - Balasubramaniam Venkataramani

7) Which former Indian cricketer was awarded Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in February 2015? - Saurav Ganguly

8) Who was sworn-in as President of Croatia on 15 February 2015? - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic

Note: She is Croatia’s first female President and overall fourth President since Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.

9) Which E-commerce company recently acquired luxury fashion portal Exclusively.com? – Snapdeal

10) International Mother Language Day 2015 was celebrated across the world on 21 February 2015 with the theme? - Inclusive Education through and with Language - Language Matters.

11) Name the first National Tribal Festival which took place at Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi in February 2015? - Vanaj 2015

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12) Who was on 16 February 2015 appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited's Global Operations with effect from 1 June 2015? - Punit Renjen

Note: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited is US based accounting giant

13) Who was sworn-in as Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh on 17 February 2015? - Jawed Usmani

14) Which Indian telecom company on 18 February 2015 tied-up with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide health, education and youth-focused content to its customers in 17 African countries? - Bharti Airtel

15) Which player on 15 February 2015 became the first Indian cricketer to score a century against Pakistan in the ICC World Cup? - Virat Kohli

16) Name the Film directed by Nagesh Kukunoor which won two awards at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival recently? – Dhanak

17) Rajinder Puri who passed away on 15 February 2015 was a? - Veteran cartoonist, columnist and political activist

18) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 February 2015 launched the nationwide Soil Health Card Scheme in Suratgarh town of Sriganganagar district of which state? – Rajasthan

19) Who were jointly named for Dr. Y Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014 on 15 February 2015? - Women scientists Dr. Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadan

20) Jitan Ram Manjhi on 20 February 2015 resigned as the Chief Minister of? – Bihar

21) Which state government recently decided to grant 35% reservation for women in Non-Gazetted jobs? – Bihar

22) Election Commission (EC) on 14 February 2015 announced to launch Electoral Roll Authentication Mission (ERAM) and Purification Drive. Name the Chief Election Commissioner? - H S Brahma

23) Name the Indian-origin scientist Professor who on 11 February 2015 received Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) given by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States (US)? - Srikanth Jagabathula

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LIC AAO Exam GK Questions: 15 March 2015

Friends.. Here are the GA questions asked in today's (15 March 2015) morning shift LIC AAO exam. These questions were shared by Manish Jadeja. This will be useful for those having exam in coming days. If anybody would like to share more questions, kindly mail us at currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. We will publish them here. 

1) Currency of Poland? - Polish zloty

2) Capital of Jordan? - Amman

3) World Wildlife Day? - March 3

4) Anant Geete is the Union Minister for? - Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

5) First Double Century was made in World cup by which cricketer? - Chris Gayle

6) 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be held at? - India

7) France deal 5.9 billion dollar in which country? - Egypt

8) Which two states has highest sex ratio in India? - Kerala and Puducherry

9) Prime Minister presented the Krishi Karman Awards recently in which state? - Rajasthan

10) World first mangrove zoo in which state? - West Bengal

11) Author of the book Tsunami 2004: The IAF Story - A Few Good Men & The Angry Sea? - Air Commodore Nitin Sathe

12) Pattachitra style of painting is the art form of? - Odisha

13) Dibang Hydropower Project in which state? - Arunachal Pradesh

14) Tarapur Atomic Power Station is located in? - Maharashtra

15) Which is India's first hi-speed rural broadband district? - Idukki

16) Govind Pansare who died recently was a? - Anti-toll activist

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13th March 2015 Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) Modi becomes first Indian PM to visit Sri Lanka in 28 years:

--> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 13 March 2015 flew into Colombo in the early hours for a historic visit.

--> Modi was received by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe at the airport after he arrived in Colombo for a two-day visit at 5.25 am. following an overnight journey from Port Louis in Mauritius in a special Air India plane.

--> Sri Lanka is the final stop of his three-nation tour of Indian Ocean island nations that took him to Seychelles and Mauritius.

--> Modi is the first Indian prime minister to visit Lanka in 28 years.

--> His trip to Lanka is also the first standalone prime ministerial visit to the island nation since the 1987 Rajiv Gandhi visit.

--> Modi is accompanied by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar.

2) Iceland withdraws its application to join the EU:

--> The North Atlantic island of Iceland has withdrawn its bid to join the European Union, with the government saying that its interests are best served outside the 28-nation EU.

--> Iceland started its membership negotiations in 2010 looking to better anchor itself to Europe two years after its economy imploded amid a banking collapse.

--> Iceland’s foreign ministry had announced on 12 March 2015 that the application was withdrawn.

3) INS Alleppey decommissioned:

--> INS Alleppey, one of the six Ponchicherry class coastal minesweepers purchased from the erstwhile USSR in the 1970s, was on 13 March 2015 decommissioned at sunset after nearly 35 years of service under the Western Naval Command.

--> After INS Alleppey’s decommissioning, the Indian Navy will be left with five other operational minesweeper vessels.

--> The ship was decommissioned by Rear Admiral MS Pawar, Flag Officer Commanding, Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area, at Mumbai Naval Dockyard.

4) RBI, Sri Lankan central bank agreed on currency swap deal:

--> Reserve Bank of India has agreed for a $1.5-billion currency swap agreement with the Sri Lankan central bank to help the island nation keep its currency stable, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on 13 March 2015.

--> The agreement was announced after a meeting between Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.

--> At the current valuation, one Indian rupee is equivalent to 2.12 Sri Lankan rupees. It has lost almost three per cent value in comparison to the Indian rupee so far in 2015.

5) World Sleep Day observed:

--> World Sleep Day is observed on the Friday of the second week of March.

--> This day is being organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) since the year 2008.

--> The aim of this day is to celebrate the benefits of good and healthy sleep and to draw society attention to the burden of sleep problems and their medicine, education and social aspects; to promote sleep disorders prevention and management.

6) UAE to host Asian Cup Football in 2019:

--> United Arab Emirates won a unanimous vote to host the Asian Cup in 2019, the Asian Football Confederation said.

--> It will be the second time that the UAE has organised the continent's showcase tournamnent having previously staged it in 1996, when the hosts lost a penalty shootout in the final to Saudi Arabia.

7) Pakistan tested 1st indigenous armed drone Burraq and laser guided missile Barq:

--> Pakistan on 13 March 2015 successfully tested its first indigenously built all-weather armed drone named Burraq and a laser guided missile named Barq.

--> By successfully testing of Burraq, Pakistan became the 9th country in the World to develop an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) domestically.

8) Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed sentenced to 13-year imprisonment:

--> Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed was on 13 March 2015 sentenced to 13-year imprisonment by a criminal court of Maldives under the anti-terrorism laws.

--> He was charged under the island nation’s Anti-Terrorism Act, 1990 for his order to arrest a Criminal Court judge Abdulla Mohamed in 2012.

9) Dr. Alka Beotra becomes Member of the Executive Board of WAADS:

--> Dr. Alka Beotra, Scientific Director, National Dope Testing Laboratory, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, has been nominated to the Executive Board of WAADS (World Association of Anti Doping Scientists).

--> Her tenure on the Executive Board of WAADS will be for a period of three years, i.e. from March 2015.

--> The WAADS is an organisation comprising anti doping scientists from all the WADA- accredited labs across the world.

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 14 March 2015

1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 10 March 2015 registered most wins by an Indian captain in the history of the cricket World Cup. He surpassed whose record?

(A) Mohammad Azharuddin

(B) Kapil Dev

(C) Sourav Ganguly

(D) Anil Kumble

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 March 2015 left for three-nation tour. Which among the following country is not included in the visit?

(A) Seychelles

(B) Mauritius

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) Maldives

3) On 10 March 2015, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) celebrated its ______ Raising Day?

(A) 50th

(B) 40th

(C) 46th

(D) 75th

4) India and which country recently completed its first ever Friendship Motor Rally successfully at India gate?

(A) Bhutan

(B) Nepal

(C) China

(D) Japan

5) Which is India's largest company with Rs 3.68 lakh cr worth assets as per data compiled by the Corporate Affairs Ministry, which was released recently?

(A) HDFC

(B) Indian Oil Corporation

(C) BSNL

(D) Reliance Industries Ltd

6) United States on 9 March 2015 declared which country a national security threat?

(A) Cuba

(B) Uruguay

(C) Syria

(D) Venezuela 

7) Which High Court recently in its ruling has held that Attorney General of India comes under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005?

(A) Delhi High Court

(B) Kerala High Court

(C) Odisha High Court

(D) Bombay High Court

8) Which Indian IT company was recently named as the top employer in Europe for the third consecutive year by a top employers certification agency?

(A) TCS

(B) Infosys

(C) Wipro

(D) Accenture

9) Indian Railways on 11th March 2015 inked a MoU with ____ for Rs 1.5 lakh crore investments in rail infrastructure?

(A) New India Assurance Co. Ltd

(B) LIC

(C) United India Assurance

(D) State Bank of India

10) Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has on 11 March 2015 approved the appointment of Executive Directors(EDs) in how many Public Sector Banks(PSBs)?

(A) 8

(B) 10

(C) 9

(D) 15

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Kapil Dev

2) Ans. (D) Maldives

3) Ans. (C) 46th

4) Ans. (B) Nepal

5) Ans. (D) Reliance Industries Ltd

6) Ans. (D) Venezuela

7) Ans. (A) Delhi High Court

8) Ans. (A) TCS

9) Ans. (B) LIC

10) Ans. (C) 9

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Persons in News: February 2015 (PDF Download)

Friends.. Here is the persons in News for February 2015. Useful for all upcoming competitive Exams..

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* Novak Djokovic - He defeated Andy Murray to win Australian Open 2015.

* Leander Paes and Martina Hingis - They won Australian Open mixed doubles 2015.

* Carl Djerassi - Father of birth control pill, he passed away.

* K Sripavan - Appointed as the new Chief Justice of Srilanka.

* Kangana Ranaut & Shahid Kapoor: They bagged the best actor awards at 60th Filmfare Awards.

* Dr.Nandita Chatterjee - She took over as new Secretary(Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation).

* Nicol David - World squash champion Nicol David (Malaysia) has set a new record for topping the world rankings when she secured top spot for the 106th month.

* Angelina Jolie - She was named the most admired woman in the world, as per a poll over 23 countries conducted by YouGov.

* Usha Thorat - She will chair the External Advisory Committee (EAC) to evaluate applications received for small finance banks.

* Nachiket Mor - He will chair the External Advisory Committee (EAC) for payment banks.

* Saloni Dalal - She became youngest medal winner in National Games 2015 held in Kerala.

* Mrinalini Mukherjee - Noted sculptor, she passed away.

* LC Goyal - He was appointed as new home secretary.

* Roopa Kudva - Infosys appointed CRISIL MD Roopa Kudva as independent board member.

* Pragyan Ojha - BCCI has cleared suspended left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha's action.

* Cyrus S Poonawalla - He was named EY entrepreneur of the year.

* RK Gupta - Project director of nuclear-capable Agni-V missile programme R.K. Gupta has been moved out by government.

* M O Garg - He has assumed charge as director general of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).

* Cristiano Ronaldo - He was voted the best player in the English Premier League.

* Bhalchandra Nemade - He was selected for the 50th Jnanpith Award for 2014.

* Zoe Konstantopoulou - She was appointed as the youngest President of Greek Parliament.

* Shubhajit Sen - Micromax has appointed Shubhajit Sen as its chief marketing officer (CMO).

* Atmaram Bhende - Veteran Marathi theatre artiste and film actor, he passed away.

* Anirban Lahiri - Indian golfer, he won Malaysian Open 2015. He also won Best Professional golfer of the year award during Feb 2015.

* Naveen Chopra - New chief operating officer (COO) of Vodafone India.

* Ricky Kej, Neela Vaswani - Musician Ricky Kej and activist Neela Vaswani won at the 57th Grammy awards. Both are Indian origin.

* Tony Tan - Singapore president Tony Tan arrived in India on 4-day visit during February 2015.

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* Vinod Mehta - Acclaimed Journalist Vinod Mehta was awarded the Yash Bharti Samman 2015 by the government of Uttar Pradesh.

* Amartya Sen - Economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has won the newly instituted Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize.

* Narendra Modi - He crossed 10 million follower mark on Twitter.

* Krishna Chaudhary - Senior IPS officer Krishna Chaudhary took charge as the Director General (DG) of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

* Pramod Asthana - Head of special investigation team (SIT) formed to re-open and re-investigate serious criminal cases relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

* Brendon McCullum - He was named the New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year. He also recorded the fastest-ever World Cup fifty.

* Mads Nissen - He won World Press Photo of the year 2014.

* Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs - He is new heir of Mysuru Royal Family.

* Ashton Carter - He was confirmed as new US defence secretary.

* Balasubramaniam Venkataramani - He was appointed as new MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX).

* Ashish Agrawal - Micromax Informatics named Ashish Agrawal as Chief Technology Officer.

* Kesava Reddy - Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy passed away.

* Arvind Kejriwal - He was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi.

* Steven Finn - England player, he took the first hat-trick of ICC 2015 Cricket World Cup.

* Sunil Chhetri and Bala Devi - They were presented with 2014 AIFF Player of the Year award.

* Virat Kohli - He became the first Indian to score a century against Pakistan at World Cup.

* Dr. Tessy Thomas & Geeta Varadan - They were jointly named for Nayudamma Award 2014.

* Maithripala Sirisena - New Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in India on a 4-Day visit during February 2015.

* Yogaraj CP - Indian yoga teacher, he sets Guinness record in Hong Kong for performing Yoga continuously for 40 hours non-stop.

* Yuvraj Singh - He was bought by Delhi Daredevils for a whopping sum of Rs 16 crores in the IPL 2015 auction.

* Punit Renjen - India-born Punit Renjen was appointed the chief executive of US-based accounting giant Deloitte's global operations.

* Rajinder Puri - Veteran cartoonist, columnist and political activist Rajinder Puri died.

* Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic - Sworn in as the first female president of Croatia.

* Jawed Usmani - He took oath as UP Chief Information Commissioner.

* Faisal Siddiqui - HTC appointed Faisal Siddiqui as South Asia President.

* Sourav Ganguly - He was made Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) honorary life member.

* Daggubati Ramanaidu - Legendary film producer Daggubati Ramanaidu passed away.

* Anil Kumble - He was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

* Jitan Ram Manjhi - He resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar.

* Chrishantha de Silva - He was appointed Sri Lanka Army chief.

* Nitish Kumar - He took oath as Bihar's CM for the fourth time.

* Dilip Shanghvi - Sun Pharma's founder and MD, he overtook Mukesh Ambani as the richest Indian.

* Somdev Devvarman - He retained the Delhi Open title.

* Purnendu Dasgupta - Indian-American, Purnendu Dasgupta, won prestigious chemistry award.

* Rana Bhagwandas - The first Hindu chief justice of Pakistan Rana Bhagwandas passed away.

* Ram Niwas Goel - He was elected Speaker of Delhi Assembly.

* Chris Gayle - He hit the first double century in World Cup history.

* R. K. Pachauri - He resigned as Chief of UN panel on climate change.

* AB De Villiers - He scored the fastest 150 in one-day internationals during World Cup match against West Indies.

* Justice Amitava Roy - Former chief justice of Orissa high court, he has sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court.

* Boris Nemtsov - Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow.

* Kshatrapati Shivaji - He took over as new CMD of SIDBI.

* Arun K Singh - He is set to be India’s next ambassador to the US.

* Kannan Ramesh - Indian-origin lawyer, he was appointed as a Judicial Commissioner to Singapore’s Supreme Court bench.

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DOP PA/SA Exam: Forgot Registration Number/Password?

Friends.. Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam is back in discussions again after a small gap. As we have already informed you, re-exam for Madhya Pradesh & Delhi Postal Circles has been announced. As you know it’s already a year had passed since the last notification which appeared in February 2014. Now as the re-exams have been announced after a long gap, many of you (circles in which re-exams are announced) might have forgot your Registration No. and Password to login to download the Admit Card/Hall Ticket. E-mails to helpdesk.dopexam@gmail.com might also have been remained unanswered. We too have received a lot of queries regarding this and hence this post. Here is what you have to do, incase, you forgot the registration number and password. Following these steps will enable you to download the hall ticket for the re-exam

Step 1: Visit http://pasadrexam2014.in/

Step 2: Click on the login option available in top menu bar.

Step 3: Click on 'Forgot Password' option available in that page.

Step 4: Following screen will appear. 

Step 5: Enter Date of Birth, First Name and Registered Mob No (10 Digits):

Step 6: Click Submit button. You will get Registration Number and Password in e-mail/SMS.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 12 March 2015

1) Karnataka won Ranji Trophy:

--> Karnataka scored a resounding victory — by an innings and 217 runs — over Tamil Nadu to retain the Ranji Trophy on 12 March 2015.

--> This is Karnataka's eighth Ranji title.

--> The man of the match was Karnataka’s Karun Nair who had scored 338 runs.

--> R Vinay Kumar was the captain of the Karnataka Team.

2) Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers launches Pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme:

--> Ananth Kumar, Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers launched Pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme on March 12, 2015.

--> State Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and the Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals Dr. V.K. Subburaj were also present during the event.

--> Pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme is a web enabled system.

--> The scheme has been launched to address the grievances of consumers (related to the prices of drugs and the availability of medicines).

--> The scheme has been created by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA).

3) EPFO's Short Code SMS services launched:

--> Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge) has launched EPFO's Short Code SMS services for the members of EPFO during the 206th meeting of CBT(EPF) held on 11.03.2015.

--> This facility is envisaged to ease the members in knowing their details along with contribution and PF Balance.

--> As this facility is available only to the UAN activated members, such facility will speed up the UAN activation process by the members.

--> During the year 2014, EPFO had launched the UAN programme wherein a Universal Account Number was allotted to all the members and different services such as passbook, monthly SMS of contributions were provided on its activation at EPFO's UAN portal.

4) Parliament passed Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015:

--> Parliament has passed Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015.

--> The controversial Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which replaced an ordinance promulgated in December last, was passed by voice vote after walkout by Trinamool Congress and DMK.

--> The amendment bill hikes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in the insurance sector to 49 percent from present 26 percent.

5) N. Sakthan elected Kerala Assembly Speaker:

--> N. Sakthan of the Congress has been elected Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly on 12 March 2015.

--> Mr. Sakthan defeated his rival P. Aysha Potty of the CPI(M) by 74 to 66 votes.

--> He replaces G. Karthikeyan, who died on March 7. Mr. Sakthan was Deputy Speaker of the Assembly and had resigned the post to take up the new assignment.

6) Built in India, PM Modi commissioned Mauritius naval patrol vessel Barracuda:

--> An India-built naval patrol vessel for Mauritius that will help in better policing its vast exclusive economic zone was commissioned on 12 March 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said it will make the Indian Ocean "more safer and secure".

--> 'Barracuda' which has automatic 30 mm Rapid Fire Gun and 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Guns as part of its ammunition was handed over to Mauritius in December 2014 by Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE).

7) World Kidney Day observed:

--> World Kidney Day is observed on Second Thursday of March every year.

--> The day is observed to create an awareness among the people globally, about the importance of the kidneys and also to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health issues.

--> The theme for 2015 World Kidney Day is Kidney Health For All.

8) PM Narendra Modi chief guest at Mauritius' National Day:

--> Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief guest at Mauritius’ 47th National Day celebrations on 12 March 2015 where Indian navy helicopters were part of the impressive parade.

--> Modi, who arrived in Mauritius as part of his three- nation tour of Indian Ocean countries, was welcomed by his Mauritian counterpart Anerood Jugnauth at Champs de Mars.

--> Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag also attended the event.

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General Knowledge for Exams: 12 March 2015

1) When the Sun is nearest to the Earth, the Earth is said to be in? - Perihelion

2) Which Indian state has adopted English as its official language? - Nagaland

3) Who gave the title 'Gurudev' to Rabindra Nath Tagore? - Gandhiji 

4) World Sparrow Day is observed on? - March 20

5) Which organ of the body is called 'Sweet Bread'? - Pancreas

6) Vitamin K2 is also known as? - Menaquinine

7) Bodo language is spoken in which state in India? - Assam

8) Apart from Kaziranga National Park, which National Park is home to one-horned rhinos in India? - Jaldapara National Park

9) Principal acid present in apple? - Malic Acid

10) Angkor Wat, one of the most famous sacred temples is in which country? - Cambodia

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